June 10, 2025

At WWDC 2025, Apple sang developers’ praises amid AI letdowns and App Store battles

Apple has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers’ apps for the AI era.

Spotify’s grand plan to monetize its open source Backstage project via premium plugins

December 15, 2022

With nearly a third of the global music-streaming market share, Spotify needs little in the way of introduction. Some 456 million people consume music, podcasts and audiobooks through Spotify each month, 42% of which pay a monthly fee while the rest are subjected to advertisements. Indeed, ads and subscriptions have been the cornerstone of Spotify’s […]

Spotify’s grand plan to monetize its open source Backstage project via premium plugins by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

A stealth effort to bury wood for carbon removal has just raised millions

December 15, 2022
A California startup is pursuing a novel, if simple, plan for ensuring that dead trees keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere for thousands of years: burying their remains underground. Kodama Systems, a forest management company based in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Sonora, has been operating in stealth mode since it was founded…

US claims major DDoS-for-hire takedown, but some ‘seized’ sites still load

December 15, 2022

U.S. officials say they have seized dozens of domains linked to some of the world’s leading distributed denial-of-service sites for-hire websites. But TechCrunch found that several of the seized sites are still active. In a press release on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the takedown of 48 domains associated with some of the world’s […]

US claims major DDoS-for-hire takedown, but some ‘seized’ sites still load by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

PayPal and MetaMask team up to make it easier to buy crypto

December 15, 2022

PayPal is primarily known as an online payment method. But the company wants to become an easy way to get started with cryptocurrencies. In that regard, ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask, announced that it would add an integration in its crypto wallet so that users can buy cryptocurrencies using their PayPal account. MetaMask is one […]

PayPal and MetaMask team up to make it easier to buy crypto by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

The Women Taking Over the Blockchain Industry

December 15, 2022
They started as an innovation management company enabling web3 adoption in India. With the opportunity to promote and increase awareness of blockchain technology at the grassroots level, they organised, facilitated, and conducted over 45+ hackathons and accelerator programs.

Protect AI lands a $13.5M investment to harden AI projects from attack

December 15, 2022

Seeking to bring greater security to AI systems, Protect AI today raised $13.5 million in a seed-funding round co-led by Acrew Capital and Boldstart Ventures with participation from Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures and Aviso Ventures. Ian Swanson, the co-founder and CEO, said that the capital will be put toward product development and customer outreach as […]

Protect AI lands a $13.5M investment to harden AI projects from attack by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Artifact wants to record your family history in podcast-like audio recordings

December 15, 2022

After Ross Chanin’s grandfather died, Chanin mourned not only him, but the fact that he’d never gotten a chance to hear more about his grandfather’s life. Over a conversation with a journalist friend, George Quraishi, it became clear to Chanin that Quraishi’s skill set — interviewing and audio editing — could be conducive to capturing […]

Artifact wants to record your family history in podcast-like audio recordings by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Zipline is now the national drone service provider for Rwanda

December 15, 2022

Zipline got its start six years ago using its autonomous electric drones to deliver blood in Rwanda. Now, the logistics and drone delivery startup is expanding its Rwandan government partnership with a lofty aim: complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometers in the country by 2029. The government […]

Zipline is now the national drone service provider for Rwanda by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch